In case you haven't already seen this ... Nextel has filed papers to trademark the terms "push-to-talk" and "PTT". Amateurs (and others) been using those terms for years! Read the article at http://w
Just for fun, I pulled out my old Heathkit HW-101 manual (my first rig from 1977). There are several references to "PTT" and at least one reference spelling out "push-to-talk". 73, Ron WD4AHZ
Just reading over the ARRL's Contest Rate Sheet. Ward, N0AX, writes a nice piece on Field Day, BUT .... "... a young voice burst through the 2-meter rig's squelch calling, "CQ Field Day" on 146.52. I
From the IARU Rules: 8. Multipliers: The total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ stations worked on each band (not mode.) IARU officials represent a maximum of four multipliers per band
You can take a look at http://www.sagebrush.com/recpro.htm Recorded a contest or two and it works great. Should probably do it more to check against my UBN's to see where I messed up. 73, Ron WD4AHZ
If you haven't already seen this ... http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/07/22/1/?nc=1 My question is, and always has been, where are all these new HF ops going to find room to operate? We all know
Suppose someone wanted to run a 2 hour domestic contest some weeknight on 20, 40, and 80 Meters. What times would be considered "fair" for both East and West Coast participation? (Times would be adju
Fellow Contesters, The Amateurs of Florida have, for the past couple of months, taken lot's of ribbing and abuse over the Election fiasco in our state ... many, MANY comments were made to us during t
Yep ... QSO's with the same station can be counted on each band (maximum 6 QSO's per station) ... or 25 different stations on 1 band!! Any combination you can come up with. If we have to, we'll do a
The Florida Contest Group is pleased to announce ... The Florida Contest Group "WAC - Worked All Chads" Award To qualify for the "Worked All Chad" Award, Amateurs must have made 25 QSO's with Florida
Nope ... must have been a different reason. I've already got Sarasota County covered (although probably not on SSB - maybe that's what Jim wanted?). I even got them to get our brushfires out in time,
I just don't understand why the "Top 10" clubs just can't pick one of "their own" to be a club representitive. The way it is now, being a "Top 10" club is no big deal, especially if the club isn't ev
Just a reminder ... The FQP Log deadline is Tuesday, May 29th. You can e-mail your logs to FLQSOParty@aol.com or send paper logs/diskettes to Florida QSO Party c/o Ron Wetjen, WD4AHZ 5362 Castleman D
April 27-28, 2002. Way to plan ahead Tree! Ron -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Can anyone confirm, that this weekend's Field Day was the end of the "free" Novice/Tech station? I thought I read that somewhere, but can't remember where. If this indeed is the case, I think I've co
Here is part of my reply. Field Day is what you make of it. If you choose to make it strictly an Emergency Exercise, great. If you work it as a contest, great. If you choose to combine the two, great
For those wondering about the status of the Florida QSO Party logs ... some paper logs are still to be entered into the computer, before log checking can begin. As we only have a few part-time volunt
For those wondering about the status of the Florida QSO Party logs ... some paper logs are still to be entered into the computer, before log checking can begin. As we only have a few part-time volunt
Just returned from Alaska, but have been following the discussions on the 10 Meter Contest results while there. Finally got a chance to look over the results on the ARRL Web Site. I finished 4th Low